ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025
Early increase of the synaptic blood marker β-synuclein in asymptomatic autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease.
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- Stage-Dependent β-Synuclein Links MRI and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2026Article
- Diagnostic and prognostic utility of serum β-synuclein in Alzheimer's disease: a longitudinal cohort study.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026Article
- SHANK3 and beta-synuclein are novel blood-based biomarkers for the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome: a pilot study.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Anti-Apoptotic Activity of β-Synuclein Mediated via Akt Signaling Is Severely Lost During Prion Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Longitudinal changes of blood β-synuclein in cognitively unimpaired, mild cognitive impairment and sporadic Alzheimer´s disease.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2026Observational
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- Early increase of the synaptic blood marker β-synuclein in asymptomatic autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionβ-synuclein is a promising blood marker to track synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD) but changes in preclinical AD are unclear.
methodsWe investigated serum β-synuclein in 69 cognitively unimpaired mutation non-carriers, 78 cognitively unimpaired AD mutation carriers (asymptomatic AD), and 31 symptomatic mutation carriers from the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network.
resultsβ-synuclein levels were already higher in asymptomatic AD mutation carriers compared to non-carriers and highest in symptomatic carriers. Longitudinal trajectories and correlation analyses indicated that β-synuclein levels start to rise after amyloid deposition preceding axonal degeneration, brain atrophy and hypometabolism, and cognitive decline. β-synuclein levels were associated with cognitive impairment and gradually increased with declining cognition. DISCUSSION: Our study supports the use of blood β-synuclein to track synaptic changes in preclinical AD and as a surrogate marker for cognitive impairment which might be used in early diagnosis and to support patient selection and monitoring of treatment effects in clinical trials. HIGHLIGHTS: Blood β-synuclein levels were already higher in asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease (AD) mutation carriers. Blood β-synuclein levels were highest in symptomatic AD mutation carriers. Blood β-synuclein levels start to rise 11 years before symptom onset. Rise of β-synuclein precedes axonal degeneration, brain atrophy, and cognitive decline. β-synuclein levels gradually increased with declining cognition.
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